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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
-
-<!--
- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
-
- This file is part of systemd.
-
- Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
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+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
<refentry id="pam_systemd" conditional='HAVE_PAM'>
<refentryinfo>
<title>pam_systemd</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<variablelist class='pam-directives'>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>class=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a string argument which sets the session
- class. The XDG_SESSION_CLASS environmental variable takes
- precedence. One of
- <literal>user</literal>,
- <literal>greeter</literal>,
- <literal>lock-screen</literal> or
- <literal>background</literal>. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_get_class</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details about the session class.</para></listitem>
+ <term><varname>class=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a string argument which sets the session class. The <varname>XDG_SESSION_CLASS</varname>
+ environment variable (see below) takes precedence. One of <literal>user</literal>, <literal>greeter</literal>,
+ <literal>lock-screen</literal> or <literal>background</literal>. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_get_class</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details about the session class.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>type=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a string argument which sets the session type. The <varname>XDG_SESSION_TYPE</varname>
+ environment variable (see below) takes precedence. One of <literal>unspecified</literal>,
+ <literal>tty</literal>, <literal>x11</literal>, <literal>wayland</literal> or <literal>mir</literal>. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_get_type</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details about the session type.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>type=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Takes a string argument which sets the session
- type. The XDG_SESSION_TYPE environmental variable takes
- precedence. One of
- <literal>unspecified</literal>,
- <literal>tty</literal>,
- <literal>x11</literal>,
- <literal>wayland</literal> or
- <literal>mir</literal>. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_get_type</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details about the session type.</para></listitem>
+ <term><varname>desktop=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a single, short identifier string for the desktop environment. The
+ <varname>XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP</varname> environment variable (see below) takes precedence. This may be used to
+ indicate the session desktop used, where this applies and if this information is available. For example:
+ <literal>GNOME</literal>, or <literal>KDE</literal>. It is recommended to use the same identifiers and
+ capitalization as for <varname>$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP</varname>, as defined by the <ulink
+ url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/">Desktop Entry
+ Specification</ulink>. (However, note that the option only takes a single item, and not a colon-separated list
+ like <varname>$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP</varname>.) See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_get_desktop</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ further details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>debug<optional>=</optional></option></term>
+ <term><varname>debug</varname><optional>=</optional></term>
- <listitem><para>Takes an optional
- boolean argument. If yes or without
- the argument, the module will log
- debugging information as it
- operates.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Takes an optional boolean argument. If yes or without the argument, the module will log
+ debugging information as it operates.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Environment</title>
- <para>The following environment variables are set for the
- processes of the user's session:</para>
+ <para>The following environment variables are initialized by the module and available to the processes of the
+ user's session:</para>
<variablelist class='environment-variables'>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>$XDG_SESSION_ID</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>A session identifier, suitable to be used in
- filenames. The string itself should be considered opaque,
- although often it is just the audit session ID as reported by
- <filename>/proc/self/sessionid</filename>. Each ID will be
- assigned only once during machine uptime. It may hence be used
- to uniquely label files or other resources of this
- session.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>A short session identifier, suitable to be used in filenames. The string itself should be
+ considered opaque, although often it is just the audit session ID as reported by
+ <filename>/proc/self/sessionid</filename>. Each ID will be assigned only once during machine uptime. It may
+ hence be used to uniquely label files or other resources of this session. Combine this ID with the boot
+ identifier, as returned by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, for a
+ globally unique identifier for the current session.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- <para>The following environment variables are read by the module
- and may be used by the PAM service to pass metadata to the
- module:</para>
+ <para>The following environment variables are read by the module and may be used by the PAM service to pass
+ metadata to the module. If these variables are not set when the PAM module is invoked but can be determined
+ otherwise they are set by the module, so that these variables are initialized for the session and applications if
+ known at all.</para>
<variablelist class='environment-variables'>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>$XDG_SESSION_TYPE</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>The session type. This may be used instead of
- <option>session=</option> on the module parameter line, and is
- usually preferred.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>The session type. This may be used instead of <varname>session=</varname> on the module parameter
+ line, and is usually preferred.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>$XDG_SESSION_CLASS</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>The session class. This may be used instead of
- <option>class=</option> on the module parameter line, and is
- usually preferred.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>The session class. This may be used instead of <varname>class=</varname> on the module parameter
+ line, and is usually preferred.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>$XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>A single, short identifier string for the
- desktop environment. This may be used to indicate the session
- desktop used, where this applies and if this information is
- available. For example: <literal>GNOME</literal>, or
- <literal>KDE</literal>. It is recommended to use the same
- identifiers and capitalization as for
- <varname>$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP</varname>, as defined by the
- <ulink
- url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/">Desktop
- Entry Specification</ulink>. (However, note that
- <varname>$XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP</varname> only takes a single
- item, and not a colon-separated list like
- <varname>$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP</varname>.) See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_session_get_desktop</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more details.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>The desktop identifier. This may be used instead of <varname>desktop=</varname> on the module
+ parameter line, and is usually preferred.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- <para>If not set, <command>pam_systemd</command> will determine the
- values for <varname>$XDG_SEAT</varname> and <varname>$XDG_VTNR</varname>
- based on the <varname>$DISPLAY</varname> variable.</para>
+ <para>If not set, <command>pam_systemd</command> will initialize
+ <varname>$XDG_SEAT</varname> and <varname>$XDG_VTNR</varname>
+ based on the <varname>$DISPLAY</varname> variable (if the latter is set).</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
the context objects.
</para>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist class='pam-directives'>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.memory_max</varname></term>
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